ouch...

I think you'd be crazy not to have it seen by a doc...

 

Short ANSWER IS YES.....Go get it looked at , but 1st make your employer aware of you going to the Dr. If it shows -up as an injury to your shoulder , call a lawyer...immediately and inform them of what happened. They will then advise you as to which way to go.....Good Luck. Do not ..I repeat DO NOT...... let the folks in safety tell you that you cant go to the Dr.....or that its a bad idea....even if they send you top a company Dr.....go , get X-rays...document everything , time , date etc.....If you're hurt ...really hurt....don't let them talk , intimidate you into working tonite.....if you do..it's all on you then....

 

Your saving grace is that call to dispatch and safety.

I've been out since the 11th, hurt my back releasing 5th wheel(go for MRI tomorrow after almost a month, WC ins co screwed up, they're gonna pay $$$$$$$$)...Go to Dr NOW, get it documented just in case...

 

Ah man sorry to hear that, I did that once when I just started out and it was no fun trying to crank a 42k trailer up 4 inches.. I was a lot more cautious after that. However I didn't pull my shoulder out, if I were you personally I wouldn't go to the doc unless it's still real messed up feeling, that's just me though. You could have pulled a muscle and just tell your dispatcher that you may need a few days and just take it easy. Good luck

 

Don't go to the doctor, have your company open a workers compensation claim and be able to go get checked out thru their doctor, if you go to your doctor he won't deal with it if you tell him you got hurt at work. Also on a side note when hooking up never back it in all the way always put that small piece of the fifth wheel(that indented small part) just under the trailer, and lower the trailer so the weight of the trailer is being supported by the fifth wheel/tractor and so when you back up that fifth wheel it lifts the trailer and the legs 4+ Inches off the ground, and give it a good tug. Always check 3 things after you hooked, no space between fifth wheel and trailer, your fifth wheel handle is in, and your jaws are closed around the king pin, and you will never drop a trailer/high hook. Get a good flash light also if you can't see, I recommend http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Pro..._sim_sg_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1GPBFGCKAF8E6MJJMTK8, some guys will make fun of you but its worth it. Hope you get better.

 

Another thing you can do in that situation, is dump the air out of your air ride (provided you have air ride, which I think every truck has now), should be a switch on the dash. If not, always get out and check like morlandoemtp sez.

 

safety should of sent you to the clinic rite away. if you happen to do get the pin over the plate again, lower your airbags and put a 2x4 under the plate so it tilts the back part up. then drive forward. make sure pin is hitting the top part of plate. if not, you mite have to raise the trailer abit.

 

Ditto.. What Dptucker said. . Air bag dump and a block of wood. . Then re inflate the bags. Get the weight off the landing gear. . Then crank them down. . Dump the air bags. . Drive out.

Once your in front of the king pin. . Dump your bags. . Double your wood blocks up. .re inflate and crank your landing gear up to the correct height. .dump bags. . Remove blocks. .recouple..

Easier than cranking.

 

triple

and if it's a pulled muscle. I find a hot dhower. on the sore spot for a few minutes helps out.if not then u got peoblems.